EVENTS AT CESTARI FARMS
Book Signing
February 29th
Click here for more details
Corn Fest
July 28th and 29th
Mini Pumpkin Fest
October 6th
Pumpkin Fest
October 13th and 14th, 20th and 21st, 27th and 28th
We love having visitors at Cestari, and they are always welcome. Our newly remodeled Country Store features our fine quality yarns, patterns and supplies for knitting and crocheting as well as traditional animal toys, quality sheepskin products, hand knit sweaters, caps, scarves, seasonal produce, jellies, jams, and our own fresh lamb.
You can take a tour of the mill and see how we spin wool into our fine yarn, all right here in Churchville, VA.
Guided tours are available as follows: Minimum charge $50.
Book your date with us in advance. Tour the yarn spinning mill. We explain each phase of the operation and end the tour at our sales barn. The cost of the tour is $4.00 per person, with children 2 and under free. These tours are ideal not only for adults and children, but also for senior citizen and other charter bus groups.
Book Signings
“Bustin' Outta Brooklyn” - A Memoir by Francis Chester-Cestari
February 29th at 6:30 PM at the St Francis of Assisi Church (Assisi Hall)
118 New Street, Staunton, VA
Click here for details about the book
Corn Fest
July 28th and 29th
Admission, parking, and farm corral are free to the general public. Take a hay ride out to the fields to pick your own sweet corn. We will show everyone how and, more importantly, when to pick corn properly. Also join us for fun and games: sheep-go-round rides, pony rides, corn husking contest, face painting, and farm corral. Food venders will be on site, plus we'll serve lamb and corn on the cob dinners, and our Country Store will be open.
Mini Pumpkin Fest
October 6th
Mini Pumpkin Fest will feature wagon rides to the pumpkin patch and Sheep-Go-Round rides.
The Pumpkin Fest
October 13th and 14th, 20th and 21st, 27th and 28th
The Pumpkin Fest is held every October and offers great weekends of fun including wagon rides to the pumpkin patch to pick your own pumpkin, craft and food vendors, an animal petting zoo and pony rides. This is truly a fabulous family event. Admission, parking, and the petting zoo are free to the general public.
To view our Pumpkin Fest brochure for 2011:Click Here.
Directions to our farm:
From Interstate 81 Northbound
You can take a tour of the mill and see how we spin wool into our fine yarn, all right here in Churchville, VA.
Guided tours are available as follows: Minimum charge $50.
Book your date with us in advance. Tour the yarn spinning mill. We explain each phase of the operation and end the tour at our sales barn. The cost of the tour is $4.00 per person, with children 2 and under free. These tours are ideal not only for adults and children, but also for senior citizen and other charter bus groups.
Book Signings
“Bustin' Outta Brooklyn” - A Memoir by Francis Chester-Cestari
February 29th at 6:30 PM at the St Francis of Assisi Church (Assisi Hall)
118 New Street, Staunton, VA
Click here for details about the book
Corn Fest
July 28th and 29th
Admission, parking, and farm corral are free to the general public. Take a hay ride out to the fields to pick your own sweet corn. We will show everyone how and, more importantly, when to pick corn properly. Also join us for fun and games: sheep-go-round rides, pony rides, corn husking contest, face painting, and farm corral. Food venders will be on site, plus we'll serve lamb and corn on the cob dinners, and our Country Store will be open.
Mini Pumpkin Fest
October 6th
Mini Pumpkin Fest will feature wagon rides to the pumpkin patch and Sheep-Go-Round rides.
The Pumpkin Fest
October 13th and 14th, 20th and 21st, 27th and 28th
The Pumpkin Fest is held every October and offers great weekends of fun including wagon rides to the pumpkin patch to pick your own pumpkin, craft and food vendors, an animal petting zoo and pony rides. This is truly a fabulous family event. Admission, parking, and the petting zoo are free to the general public.
To view our Pumpkin Fest brochure for 2011:Click Here.
Directions to our farm:
From Interstate 81 Northbound
- Exit 220 (VA 262)
- Churchville Avenue Exit (U.S. 250)
- Left onto U.S. 250
- 4.2 miles to Cestari's on the Right
- Exit 225 (VA 262)
- Churchville Avenue Exit (U.S. 250)
- Right onto U.S. 250
- 4.2 miles to Cestari's on the Right